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SANCHEZ-ARINO Tony Editor |
Hunting In Zimbabwe
1992.
1st Edn,.
Safari Press Inc.
Long Beach, California, USA.
387 pages, 4to., illustrated with drawings and paintings by Larry Norton, pictorial end papers. Publishers pictorial green cloth with lion head to upper cover in black with gilt title in gilt ruled borders, Personal inscription on the front end paper, without the slipcase fine in slipcase. Vol II in the African Series, a collection of stories by various authors includes a short biography of each author. Limited to 1000 copies, signed and numbered by Arino Tony Sanchez and Larry Norton. Czech 244 ?220
[21699] |
£220.00 |
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SCHILLINGS C.G. |
With Flashlight and Rifle, A Record Of Hunting Adventures And Of Studies In Wild Life In Equatorial East Africa
1906.
1st English Edn,.
Hutchinson and Co.
2 Vols, xxvii 376,+ viii 377-782 pages, full page and text illustrations from the author's photographs, light spotting to EP's. Publishers' green cloth with circular vignette of elephant to upper boards. Schillings hunts elephant, rhino, buffalo lion, leopard nd various species of antelope mostly in German East Africa. Czech 247.
[18987] |
£80.00 |
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SCHILLINGS C.G. |
With Flashlight and Rifle, A Record Of Hunting Adventures And Of Studies In Wild Life In Equatorial East Africa
1906.
1st English Edn,.
Hutchinson and Co.
2 Vols, xxvii 376,+ viii 377-782 pages, full page and text illustrations from the author's photographs, light spotting to EP's, armorial book plate L.de. Rothschild to the front paste downs. Publishers' green cloth with circular vignette of elephant to upper boards. Schillings hunts elephant, rhino, buffalo lion, leopard nd various species of antelope mostly in German East Africa. Czech 247
[23810] |
£90.00 |
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SCOTT Robert L. |
Between the Elephant's Eye
1955.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
180 pages, 8 b/w illus from photographs, vg in dj. Safari adventures in Kenya, hunting buffalo, lion, leopard, elephant and other game. Czech 249.
[16635] |
£25.00 |
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SCOTT Robert Lyons |
Catalogue of The Scott Collection of Mounted Heads and Specimens of Big Game And Game Fish
nd Ca 1939.
1st Edn.
55 pages frontis portrait of Scott Bound in the publishers ? contrasting cloth blue boards white spine gilt title to upper cover. The catalogue covers a lifetime of hunting from 1908 through to 1938.Represented in his collection of Mounted heads and specimens of animals and fish. Collected on numerous trips to Norway N.W. Rhodesia, The Sudan India Mexico Trinidad Nigeria, Kenya, Canada, Checoslovakia. He lists the Species date shot (caught) locality and measurement. Includes Lion Tiger Buffalo Rhino numerous deer species Ibex plains game tarpon etc Robert Lyons Scott 1871-1939 director and chairman of the family business of shipbuilding and engineering in Greenock Scotland He donated his collection to the McLean Museum & Art Gallery in Greenock on his death in 1939.
[21751] |
£260.00 |
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SELOUS Fc |
Travel and Adventure in South East Africa, Being the Narrative of the Last Eleven Years Spent by the Author on the Zambezi and its Tributaries; With an Account of the Colonisation of Mashunaland and the Progress of the Gold Industry in That Country
1893.
3rd.
Rowland Ward & Co Ltd.
xviii 503 pages, 4 pages' adverts, full page, and text illustrations, folding map. Discoloration to front paste down possible from removal of bookplate?. Original tan cloth with gilt vignette of lions to upper board and native with spear on spine. Splash mark to the spine causing erratic discolouration not affecting the boards. good condition. The work recounts 11 years of exploration and sport in 1880s and 1890, hunting rhino, lion, leopard, hippo etc., includes a chapter on rifles. Published the same year as the first edition Czech 251/52
[23181] |
£95.00 |
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SELOUS F.C., MILLAIS J.G., CHAPMAN Abel |
The Gun At Home And Abroad, Big Game Of Africa & Europe
1914.
1st Edn.
The London & Counties Press Assoc Ltd.
xix 408 (i) pages, top edge gilt, illustrated in colour, photogravure, monochrome and half tone, the 10 colour plates are from water colours by E Caldwell. Full publishers brown morroco, gilt title to upper board, limited to 750 numbered copies, this being numbered 512, issued in a 4 volume set with volume number to the spine or singerly as this volume was, hence no number to spine. A sumptuous production. Selous giving some account of every species of African animal likely to be of interest to the sportsman. J.G. Millais describes the big game now to be found in Europe with a special chapter by Abel Chapman on the Wild animals of Spain, a vg+ copy. Czech 252
[23302] |
£480.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
A Hunters Wanderings In Africa Being A Narrative Of Nine Years Spent Among The Game Of The Far Interior Of South Africa
1890.
2nd Edn,.
Richard Bentley and Son.
xvii 455 pages, 19 full page and text illus by Miss A.B.Selous, J Smit and E Whymper. Large folding map of Central South Africa, book plate and booksellers' ticket to front paste down. The contents clean and free of foxing. Publishers' green cloth with 3 gilt antelope heads to the upper board, the cloth clean and bright, a vg+ copy of Selous first book. The first 3 editions published by Bentley are bound in green cloth and quite scarce. Selous travelled through Bechuanaland and Matabeleland, numerous hunting episodes, after lion black rhinoceros, buffalo, and elephant. A classic on African hunting' Czech 251 .
[22739] |
£650.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
A Hunters Wanderings In Africa Being A Narrative Of Nine Years Spent Among The Game Of The Far Interior Of South Africa
1998.
2nd Edn,.
Books of Zimbabwe.
Bulawayo.
(16) - xvii - 455 pages, With 19 full page plates, publishers' brown cloth gilt elephant vignette to the upper board, vg in dj. Facsimile reprint of the 1881 edition, with a new frontispiece and a new introduction by Professor James A. Casada
[23580] |
£32.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Sport and Travel East and West
1900.
1st Edn,.
Longmans and Co.
ix 311 pages, 32 adverts, full page and text illus, 1 page badly opened affection blank margin, armorial bookplate to front paste down, publisher's grey cloth, gilt title and deer head vignette to upper cover, cloth slightly pulled at head of spine. Selous recounts a hunting trip to Asia Minor including hunting goat on the Malmum Dagh, the 2nd part of the book deals with his hunting trips to the Rocky Mountains Czech Asia 182
[21475] |
£180.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Sport and Travel East and West
1900.
1st Edn,.
Longmans and Co.
ix 311 pages, 32 adverts, full page and text illus, 1 page badly opened affection blank margin, armorial bookplate to front paste down, some fading to publisher's grey cloth, gilt title and deer head vignette to upper cover, cloth slightly pulled at head of spine. Selous recounts a hunting trip to Asia Minor including hunting goat on the Malmum Dagh, the 2nd part of the book deals with his hunting trips to the Rocky Mountains Czech Asia 182
[21473] |
£100.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Sport and Travel East and West
1900.
Longmans, Green and Co.
Ix ? 311 pages + 32 pages of adverts, fill page and text illustrations. Pasted to front paste down a letter on headed paper from Selous dated Jan 15th 1910.The letter 3 sides folded and clearly written in ink to Mr Heath (Reginald Hepburn Heath, Heaths armorial bookplate on front free end paper). Selous thanks Heath for sending him a copy of The Bombay Natural History Society, Selous explains why he does not subscribe to the society. If he should ever visit India, he would like to meet Heath and renew their acquaintance. Selous ends by inviting Heath to have another look at his museum. Tipped onto front end paper are 3 newspaper cuttings relating to Selous death. Blind stamp to upper margin of half title and title page of the author's address. Publisher's grey cloth, gilt title and deer head vignette to upper cover, cloth clean and bright. Selous recounts a hunting trip to Asia Minor including hunting goat on the Malmum Dagh, the 2nd part of the book deals with his hunting trips to the Rocky Mountains Czech Asia 182
[20494] |
£460.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Sport and Travel East and West
1900.
1st Edn,.
Longmans and Co.
ix 311 pages, 32 adverts, full page and text illus, 1 page badly opened affection blank margin, armorial bookplate to front paste down, publisher's grey cloth, gilt title and deer head vignette to upper cover, cloth slightly pulled at head of spine. Selous recounts a hunting trip to Asia Minor including hunting goat on the Malmum Dagh, the 2nd part of the book deals with his hunting trips to the Rocky Mountains Czech Asia 182
[20023] |
£180.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Sport and Travel East and West
1900.
1st Edn,.
Longman and Co.
IX 311 pages, 32 adverts, full page and text illus, ownership name to front paste down, publisher's grey cloth, gilt title and deer head vignette to upper cover, cloth clean and bright. Selous recounts a hunting trip to Asia Minor including hunting goat on the Malmum Dagh, the 2nd part of the book deals with his hunting trips to the Rocky Mountains Czech Asia 182
[19583] |
£220.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia Being A Narrative Of Events In Matabeleland
1896.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
xxvii 290 pages, 10 pages of advs for Rowland Ward, frontis + 9 full page plates and text illustrations and folding map of part Matabeleland, contemporary ownership signature to top blank margin of the 1/2 title and the title page. Publisher's tan cloth, titled in brown with shield vignette to spine, light rubbing to head of spine and one corner, cloth darkened as usual, due to glue used? otherwise vg. The book deals with the native insurrection and Selous experiences till the disbanding of the Bulawayo Field Force and his resignation as an officer in the Corps.
[22740] |
£100.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Travel And Adventures In South East Africa Being the Narrative of the Last Eleven Years Spent by the Author on the Zambesi and its Tributaries; With an Accout of the Colonisation of Mashunaland and the Progress of the Gold Industry in That Country
1893.
3rd Edn.
Rowland Ward and Co Ltd.
xviii 503 pages, 4 pp of adverts, full page and text illustrations from photographs and drawings + folding map, some foxing to the tissue guard of the frontis. Armorial bookplate to front paste down with later bookplate to front free end paper. Recased in the original mustard yellow cloth with gilt lion vignette to upper board and native to the spine light dust soiling to the cloth. The narrative of the last 11 years spent by the author on the Zambezi and its tributaries, with an account of the colonization of Mashonaland and the progress of the gold industry in that country, includes a chapter on rifles. Mendelssohn Vol 2 300, Czech 251/252
[22908] |
£120.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Travel And Adventures In South East Africa Being the Narrative of the Last Eleven Years Spent by the Author on the Zambesi and its Tributaries; With an Accout of the Colonisation of Mashunaland and the Progress of the Gold Industry in That Country
1893.
3rd Edn,.
Rowland Ward and Co Ltd.
XVIII 503 pages, TEG, advs, illus, armorial bookplate of John Hamilton Buchman to front paste down, later not recent brown morroco, original cloth spine and front cover laid onto rear blanks, the narrative of the last 11 years spent by the author on the Zambezi and its tributaries, with an account of the colonisation of Mashonaland and the progress of the gold industry in that country, includes a chapter on rifles. Mendelssohn Vol 2 300, Czech 145/146
[15970] |
£160.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Travel And Adventures In South East Africa Being the Narrative of the Last Eleven Years Spent by the Author on the Zambesi and its Tributaries; With an Accout of the Colonisation of Mashunaland and the Progress of the Gold Industry in That Country
1893.
1st Edn.
Rowland Ward and Co Ltd.
xviii 503 pages, illustrated with full page plates and numerous text illustrations, folding coloured map at end showing Selous route. Bound in contemporary half claret calf by R. Robertson, Dunbarton leather, A clean tight copy. The work recounts 11 years of exploration and sport in 1880s and 1890s, hunting elephant, rhino, lion, leopard, hippo etc., includes a chapter on rifles. Czech 251/52
[23897] |
£220.00 |
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SHEFFIELD Frank |
How I Killed The Tiger Being An Account Of My Encounter With A Royal Bengal Tiger
1902.
2nd Edn,.
Privatly Printed by the Author.
xi 114 pages, 24 full page illustrations many from the author's paintings, a VG+ copy in the original red cloth blocked with jungle scene in black to upper board. At the end of the book are 12 pages of copies of letters from various authors and press opinions regarding the book. The 1st edition was for review only. Sheffield relates a hunting incident in 1879 in which he was badly mauled by a tiger he had shot. Czech 185
[23412] |
£200.00 |
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SHELDON Charles |
The Wilderness Of The Upper Yukon A Hunters Explorations For Wild Sheep In Sub Arctic Mountains
1911.
1st English Edn,.
XXI 354 pages, illus, 4 in colour + maps, blue cloth covers with gilt ram's head to upper board, vg.
[2991] |
£240.00 |
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SHUTTLEWORTH Charles |
Malayan Safari
1967.
Phoenix House.
156 pages, illus from photographs, vg in dj. Some wear to head and tail of spine and rubbing to edges, personal inscription on 1/2 title, signed and dated by Charles Shuttleworth. The author describes numerous animal encounters in the jungle with brief mention of stalking tiger and rogue elephant. Czech 186
[20393] |
£75.00 |
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SILVER HACKLE |
Man Eaters And Other Denizines Of The Indian Jungle
1928.
1st Edn,.
Thacker Spink and Co.
Calcutta.
viii 295 pages, 3pp adverts, illustrations from the author's photographs and sketches and photos of heads, mounted by Van Ingen and Van Ingen taxidermists Mysore. Publishers mustard yellow cloth, title in black, tiger head vignette and framed border in red to front board, title in blank to spine. The author hunts tiger, panther, bear, bison in the Mysore jungle including man-eaters. A scarce Indian big game hunting title published in India and more so in this condition. Silver Hackle is identified as A.G.Shuttleworth, the cloth differs also advert to Czech 186.
[20383] |
£350.00 |
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SMILES Paul |
Land Of The Black Buffalo
1961.
1st Edn,.
Faber and Faber.
184 pages, vg+ in dj. Stories of hunting Cape buffalo by a game ranger in Bechuanaland in South-West Africa, ". who managed to effectively carry out his duties in spite of the loss of an arm" Czech 257
[23543] |
£75.00 |
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SMITH Mervyn A. |
Sport And Adventure In The Indian Jungle
1904.
1st Edn,.
Hurst and Blackett Ltd.
x 307 pages, 1 page advert, full page illus from drawings and photographs, ownership inscription on FEP for George Hewitt Pitt with his armorial bookplate to front paste down + later inscription to FEP. Green publisher's cloth title and tiger skin vignette in black to upper board, vg. The authors experiences and stories related to him include hunting rogue elephants, buffalo, bear and encounters with man eating tigers. Czech 191.
[20398] |
£140.00 |
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SMITH T.Murray |
The Nature Of The Beast
1963.
1st American Edn,.
Coward McCann Inc.
206 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, vg+ in dj. The author's life as a hunter and his observations on the animals he met.
[21518] |
£20.00 |
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SNAFFLE (Charles Johnson Payne) |
More Bandobast
1936.
1st Edn,.
Collins.
unpaginated, 4to., 12 tipped in colour plates and full-page drawings by Snaffle. Publishers' cream cloth title to the upper cover and spine in dark brown. A vg copy in the pictorial dj, dj has chipping to head and tail of spine. The author recounts pig sticking exploits with brief notes on sabur and tiger, with excellent colour plates and drawings. Czech 193
[23727] |
£85.00 |
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SNAFFLE Robert Dunkin |
In The Land of the Bora or Camp Life and Sport in Dalmatia and the Herzegovina 1894-5-6
1897.
1st Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.
viii 406 pages, errata slip pages uncut, frontis and 9 full page illud by Harry Dixon, some loght spotting to prelims. Publishers green cloth, gilt bear vignette to upper board, includes deer, chamois, bear, game birds etc.
[22386] |
£95.00 |
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"SNAFFLES" Charles Johnson Payne |
My Sketch Book in the Shiny
nd circa 1930.
1st Edn,.
Gale And Polden Ltd.
Unpaginated, large 4to., illustrated throughout in b/w and full-page sepia illustrations by the author. Publishers tan cloth titled in brown with and insert illustration of pig sticking to upper cover. A vg clean copy in the pictorial dj, dj has loss to the head of the spine. The author recounts his pig sticking adventure while stationed in India with his superb illustrations and captures a bygone era in Anglo-India during the heyday of the British Raj. Czech 193.
[23726] |
£165.00 |
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Snaffles, pseud. Charles Johnson Payne. |
Four-Legged Friends and Acquaintances
1951.
1st Edn,.
Collins.
96 pages, Top edge gilt 4to. Colour frontispiece and three other coloured illustrations, together with many others full page and text illustrations from pencil sketches, sepia watercolours etc by Snaffles. One of an unspecified limited editions this being No 8 with the coloured hunting scene print bookplate to the front paste down signed and numbered by Snaffles. Some light spotting to the blank end papers. Bound in the publishers ? red leather with matching red cloth covered boards with gilt whip and horn vignette to the upper cover. Original card slipcase some fading and rubbing to corners and edges. A collection of Snaffles sporting episodes and other observations including hunting and pig sticking in India, shooting, fox hunting etc
[23454] |
£220.00 |
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Snaffles, pseud. Charles Johnson Payne. |
A Half Century of Memories
1949.
1st Edn,.
Collins.
95 pages, Top edge gilt 4to. Colour frontispiece and four other coloured illustrations, together with many others full page and text illustrations from pencil sketches, sepia watercolours etc by Snaffles. One of an unspecified limited editions this being No 45 with the coloured hunting scene print bookplate to the front paste down signed and numbered by Snaffles. Some off sett browning to the front and rear end paper from the glassine DJ the glassine discoloured. Bound in the publishers ? red leather with matching red cloth covered boards. Original card slipcase some fading marking and wear to edges and corners. Snaffles reminiscences in the army with life and sport in India, the war years, shooting, fox hunting, horse racing etc.
[23457] |
£235.00 |
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SOWERBY Arthur de Clare |
Fur And Feather In North China
1914.
1st Edn,.
The Tientsin Press.
Tientsin, North China.
190 pages, large 8vo., errata slip, 28 full page plates + text drawings, some spotting to prelims, 2cm split to very inner blank margin where frontis attached to inner hinge, tan cloth, title in black with forest scene to upper board with standing wild sheep vignette to spine, 1cm chip to head of spine, cloth clean. A title rarely found in good condition includes hunting wild sheep, roe deer, wild boar, antelope. Sowerby was perhaps the most prolific author concerning sport in china. Czech 195.
[18121] |
£320.00 |
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SPY Glass |
Tramps In The India Jungles
1923.
The Pioneer Press.
Allahabad.
181 pages, 7 full page plates from photographs, 1 of the plates not called for in list nor noted in Czech, it shows tiger and leopard skins very much in the same style as the other plates, publishers green cloth with title and sitting tiger vignette in black to upper board, cloth unevenly faded. The author describes his own hunts after big cats in various regions including Bangalore. There are other references to Bear and other game, a scarce title, Copac locates 1 copy in the British Library
[20370] |
£350.00 |
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STANLEY Henry M. |
In Darkest Africa On The Quest Rescue And Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria
1890.
1st Edn,.
Sampson, Low Marston, Searle and Rivington.
2 Vols, xv 529, xv 472 pages, adv, 2 folding maps, some foxing to contents, amorial bookplate of Walter Henry Harris to front paste down with his signature address and date 1890 to verso of frontis Volume 1, publishers brown cloth with travel scene with native below title in gilt and black, vignette to spine showing and Stanley and native boy, vg.
[19794] |
£220.00 |
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STANLEY Henry M. |
In Darkest Africa On The Quest Rescue And Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria
1890.
1st Edn,.
Sampson, Low Marston, Searle and Rivington.
2 Vols, xv 529, xv 472 pages, adv, 2 folding maps, the large folding route map to Vol. 1 has been neatly removed from the blank stub attaching it to the binding with a neat folding flap attached to protect the map and similarly to the large map in Vol. 2; some foxing to contents, publishers brown cloth with travel scene with native below title in gilt and black, vignette to spine showing and Stanley and native boy, cloth clean and bright.
[8517] |
£285.00 |
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STANLEY Henry M |
In Darkest Africa Or The Quest, Rescue And Retreat Of Emin, Governor Of Equatoria
1890.
1st thus.
Sampson Low & Co.
2 volumes, large 8vo, xxxii 529 & xv 472 pages, 2 pages advs, all edges gilt, 62 full page plates + text illus, the introduction by Scot Keltie contains 5 full page plates which are not called for in the plate list, 4 maps 3 are folding, one of the larger folding maps has closed tear to top with no loss. Bound in the publishers red cloth with gilt signature of Stanley to upper board. The subscriber's edition has 62 plates against 36 found in the ordinary 1st edition of 1890 and the Keltie introduction on Stanley in Africa. A vg clean copy seldom found in this condition, the text block is heavy and pulls from the binding in many cases. Stanley's expedition through the heart of East Africa to the land of the Nile originally intended as a rescue mission for Emin Pasha although failing in its primary objective Stanley discovered the snowcapped range of Ruwenzori the mountains of the moon. A new lake which he named the Albert Edward Nyanza etc.
[20485] |
£650.00 |
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STEBBING E.P. |
Jungle By-Ways In India Leaves From The Note Book Of A Sportsman And A Naturalist
1911.
2nd Edn,.
XXVII 306 pages, TEG, 16pp adverts, illus from photographs and drawings by the author and others, original green cloth with decorative borders in white of stags, light rubbing to edges and in one place going through the cloth 2cm, g+. Stebbings spent 2 decades in the Indian Forest Service. The author's sporting experiences over 20 years in Northern India, Czech 190
[14839] |
£28.00 |
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STEBBING E.P. |
Jungle By-Ways In India Leaves From The Note Book Of A Sportsman And A Naturalist
1911.
2nd Edn,.
XXVII 306 pages, TEG, 16pp adverts, illus from photographs and drawings by the author and others, some occasional spotting, inscription on 1/2 title, original green cloth with decorative borders in white of stags. Stebbings spent 2 decades in the Indian Forest Service vg. The author's sporting experiences over 20 years in Northern India, Czech 190
[12853] |
£40.00 |
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STEPHENS Martin |
Fair Game The Open Air Of Four Continents
1936.
1st Edn,.
XI 274 pages, full page illus from photographs, publishers cloth has some light marking. Hunting big game in Africa including Elephant, contains North America and Asia for Sheep. Czech Asia 2000, Africa 154
[19028] |
£25.00 |
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STEVENS Herbery Lynn |
The Autobiography Of A Border Policeman, A Narrative Of War And Adventure In Bechuanaland And Matabeleland
1927.
1st Edn..
H F & G Witherby.
320 pages, small publishers paper ticket to front paste down with the Witherby vignette (from the publishers file copies), a very clean copy in the publishers green cloth in the rare dj, no loss or tears to dj. A scarce title and more so in the original dj. Although not a big game hunting title it gives an account of fighting in the first Matabele war and the pursuit of Lobengula king of the Matabele.
[20659] |
£480.00 |
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STIGAND Capt C.H. |
The Game of British East Africa
1909.
Horace Cox.
XI + 310 pages, 54 Plates, 4to. 8 pages sporting adverts, very light spotting to prelims and page edges o/w a vg clean copy. Green simulated crocodile hide cloth with gilt title and native vignette in black to upper board, vg. interesting chapters comparing hunting big game to shooting also on stalking, Wild game, its habitats, spoor game trails, movement etc., Czech 268
[18517] |
£400.00 |
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STIGAND Capt C.H., LYELL D.D. |
Central African Game And It's Spoor
1906.
2nd.
Horace Cox.
xii 315 pages, 67 full page plates including 2 folding, some spotting to end papaers, ammorial bookplate to front paste down of J Johnstone. Original orange cloth tiles in black with paw prints to upper board light rubbing to edges and corners, base of spine worn, lettering on spine chipped in places. " A key book for both the novice and experienced hunter. It combines the knowledge of 2 experienced hunters where game can be found, habitat, vital shots etc. Also a chapter on rifles, the paw prints illustrated are life size hence the large folding plate elephant fore foot" Czech 269.
[19125] |
£240.00 |
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STOCKLEY Lt Col C.H. |
Stalking in the Himalayas and Northern India
1936.
1st Edn,.
254 pages, illus, map end papers, vg-.
[8197] |
£50.00 |
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STOCKLEY Lt Col C.H. |
Stalking In The Himalayas And Northern India
1936.
1st Edn,.
254 pages, illus, advs, head of spine bumped, vg.
[3793] |
£65.00 |
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STONEHAM C.T. |
Big Stuff African Big Game And Its Hunters
1954.
1st Edn,.
John Long Limited.
191 pages, b/w illus from photographs, inscription to FEP, vg. Stoneham uses the experiences Selous, Neuman, Vaughan Kirby and others in constructing his view of big game hunting Czech 271.
[19034] |
£25.00 |
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STONEHAM C.T. |
Big Stuff African Big Game And Its Hunters
1954.
1st Edn,.
John Long Limited.
191 pages, b/w illus from photographs, vg in dj, dj chipped at head of spine. Stoneham uses the experiences Selous, Neuman, Vaughan Kirby and others in constructing his view of big game hunting Czech 271.
[16586] |
£60.00 |
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STONEHAM C.T. |
Hunting Wild Beasts With Rifle And Camera
1933.
1st Edn,.
Thomas Nelson and Son Ltd.,.
viii -219m, full page and text illustrations from photographs, green cloth boards with gilt title and leaping lion vignette in black to the upper board. VG in DJ the dj showing some loss to the head of the spine and front edge just touching the title. Stonham hunted lions in Northern Kenya and rhinoceros, buffalo, and leopard near mt Kilimanjaro and numerous episodes of photographing big game. Czech 271
[22769] |
£65.00 |
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STRACEY P.D. |
Elephant Gold
1963.
1st Edn,.
227 pages, illus, map, vg in dj. Tracking and capturing elephant including rogue elephant. Shooting elephant in India, Czech 206
[6192] |
£30.00 |
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STRACHAN Arthur W. |
Mauled By A Tiger, Encounters In The Indian Jungle
1933.
1st Edn,.
the Moray Press.
1st Edn, xi 279 pages, 4 pages advs, illus including 8 in colour from miniatures by the author mounted on black card. Publisher's cloth, titles in white. A vg copy seldom found in vg condition. The author hunted numerous tigers in Assam both on foot and machansi, also leopard, wild boar, bear etc. On one occasion trailing a wounded tiger only to be charged and mauled by the tiger, though he succeeded in killing the tiger he had extensive injuries causing his and arm to be amputated. Czech 206.
[20520] |
£180.00 |
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SUDAN |
Notes For Travellers And Sportsmen In The Sudan
1909.
3rd Edn,.
Cairo.
IV 55 pages, folding map, printed paper wraps + 15pp addendum and corrigenda to the 2nd edition. Single staple to upper cover, 1st page loose, some dust soiling to both items, some pencil underlining and correction, name in pencil Leslie Simons to upper margin of 1st page of addendum. The booklets give the information and restriction on arms, cartridges, trophies, exporting ivory and rhino horn, shooting districts, game animals, licences etc. A well detailed guide.
[16510] |
£280.00 |
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SUTTON Richard L. |
Tiger Trails In Southern Asia
1926.
1st Edn,.
USA.
207 pages, illus, note on bottom of title page in ink, original covers, light fade marks to front cover
[5882] |
£35.00 |
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Swan, GP; Botes, DJ; Smit, PL |
Hunting Africa: A Practical Guide,
2002.
2nd.
Sunbird Publishers.
Cape Town.
xx-350 pages, illustrated in colour from photographs + map b/w line drawings and photographs. Publishers' pictorial laminated covers a fine copy. This book deals with the preparation for the hunt, tracking, shot placement, the all-round rifle, emergencies, and field preparation of trophies. It includes information on measurement and records, hunting ethics and law issues.
[23249] |
£45.00 |
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SWAYNE Major H.G.C. |
Through The Highlands Of Siberia
1904.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
xiv 259 pages + 9pp catalogue for Rowland Ward books, 24 full page plates plus 1 folding text photos, folding plate showing the stalk, folding map at rear showing the authors route, the map is strengthened on fold to verso, Rowland Ward end papers, sporting bookplate of "Walter Rutherford Peterson to front paste down, publishers cloth, gilt title to upper board, light rubbing to lower corners. Swayne and his hunting companion H W Seton Karr travelled from Moscow across the Urals into the mountains region of Mongolia and the Altai Shan hunting ovis, ibex etc. the author used Elim Demidoff as a guide famed for his sheep hunting book in Altai and Mongolia. Czech 209.
[21472] |
£320.00 |
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SZECHENYI Count Zsigmond |
Land Of Elephants, Big Game Hunting In Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda
1935.
1st UK Edn,.
Putman.
xi 208 pages, frontis and 47 b/w plates from photographs, + map, some light spotting to contents, bound in the publisher's black cloth, a vg copy. Originally published in Hungary in 1934, hunting elephants in the Kituti Forest and along the Tiva River in Kenya also episodes of leopard, lion hunting etc., Czech 277. ?180
[22365] |
£180.00 |
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SZECHENYI Count Zsigmond |
Land Of Elephants, Big Game Hunting In Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda
1935.
1st UK Edn,.
Putnam.
xi 208 pages, frontis and 47 b/w plates from photographs, + map, , bound in the publisher's black cloth A very good +copy with no foxing to the contents the cloth binding bright. Originally published in Hungary in 1934, hunting elephants in the Kituti Forest and along the Tiva River in Kenya also episodes of leopard, lion hunting etc., Czech 277. ?220
[23811] |
£220.00 |
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TANGANYIKA |
Safari Map Folder Of Tanganyika
nd Circa 1956.
Dept Of Surveys & Town Planning.
Dar-Es-Salaam.
large 8vo., 6 large coloured folding maps, maps numbered by tags to 12, each number representing 1/2. The map scale 1 inch to 15.78 miles, the maps being revised from the 1941 edition. maps showing railways, roads, tracks, boundaries, districts, villages, townships, rivers, swamps, wells, springs, water holes, etc., Green 1/4 stud bound cloth paper covered boards with title to upper board and vignette of a running giraffe. An usual atlas showing the country in great detail.
[21065] |
£250.00 |
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TAYLOR John |
Big Game And Big Game Rifles
1958.
rep Edn,.
215 pages, frontis illus, vg in dj. Choosing a rifle for the hunter for dangerous game. Czech 163
[2351] |
£50.00 |
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TAYLOR Major Neville |
Ibex Shooting On The Himalayas
1903.
1st Edn,.
Sampson Low and Co Ltd.
xi 146 pages, 8 full page illus, some light spotting to prelims, presentation inscription on 1/2 title from L.G.Taylor 1907 (possibly the author's wife?), publishers maroon cloth, gilt title to upper board, light rubbing to head of spine. Stalking ibex in Kashmir in the Wardwan District. A scarce work with excellent descriptions of ibex stalks by the author. Czech 211.
[20872] |
£280.00 |
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TEMPLE Derek |
Ivory Poacher
nd Circa 1936.
Sampson Low Marston & Co Ltd.
viii 240 pages, publishers red cloth, title in black some slight stain discolouration to rear board lower edge o/w vg in dj. dj has loss to head of spine and part front rear flap top edge, some colour bleed from cloth to rear lower edge of dj. Unusual to find in dj. An autobiographical novel of his activities as a big game hunter and his various adventure in East Africa.
[21230] |
£90.00 |
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THOMPSON Lieut Colonel S.J. |
The Real Indian People Being More Tales And Sketches Of The Masses
1914.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Son.
XII 345 pages, advs, frontis + 8 illus from photographs. A vg clean copy, although a book on Indian life the author was an Indian medical officer, chapters cover " A Jungly Station In the Past" and occasional mention of hunting game etc.
[15675] |
£25.00 |
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THOMSON Lieut-Colonel S.J. |
The Silent India Tales And Sketches Of The Masses
1913.
William Blackwood and Sons.
IX 365 pages, frontis + 11 plates, publishers green cloth, vg. The author a member of the Indian medical service predominately written on life in India. there is one chapter camp life and sport also an illus "Our Shooting Elephants and "Starting For A Shoot".
[15678] |
£20.00 |
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THOMSON Ron |
Mahohboh Elephants And Elephant Hunting In South Central Africa
1997.
1st Edn.
Africa Safari Press.
Hartheesport, South Africa.
xxii 312 pages, b/w illus from photographs + maps in the text, limited to 2500 copies, signed and numbered by the author, a fine copy in dj. A wildlife manager turned hunter, all aspects on the elephant management and hunting. Czech 283.
[23493] |
£120.00 |
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TOOVEY Jacqueline |
Tigers Of The Raj, Pages From The Shikar Diaries Of Colonel Burton 1894 to 1949, Sportsman And Conservationist
1987.
1st Edn,.
Alan Sutton.
Gloucester.
295 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, a fine copy in dj.
[21511] |
£20.00 |
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TULLOCH Maurice |
The All In One Shikar Book, An Everyday Guide To Field Sports In India
circa 1950.
Bombay.
153 pages, large 8vo., 89 illus by the author, original1/4 cloth backed boards, boards faded and rubbed on edges, g+.
[8240] |
£50.00 |
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TURNER CARRINGTON J.E. |
Man Eaters And Memories
1959.
1st.
Robert Hale.
190 pages, Illustrated in b/w from photographs, publishers' brick red cloth in DJ. The Dj chipped at head tail of spine a closed tear to lower front spine edge crease mark to rear upper outer corner. Carrington Turner was a Forest Officer in India; he describes his numerous hunting adventures with big game. Most of his narrative centres on despatching tigers in the Kumaon district. An uncommon title. Czech 216
[23406] |
£95.00 |
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VALDEZ Raul |
Lords Of the Pinnacles, Wild Goats Of the World
1985.
1st Edn,.
Wild Sheep And Goat International.
Mesilla, New Mexico, USA.
v-212 pages, 4to., colour frontis by John P Boone, illustrations from b/w photographs and drawings + map. Publishers brown faux leather binding with title and horn vignette in black to the upper board. A fine copy in dj, limited to 1000 copies signed and numbered (418) by Valdez. A comprehensive survey of the life histories, external anatomy, and hunting of wild goats of the world.
[23492] |
£145.00 |
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VALDEZ Raul |
The Wild Sheep of the World
1982.
1st Edn,.
Wild Sheep And Goat International.
Mesilla, new Mexico, USA.
ix,186 pages, 4to frontispiece in colour by John P. Boone b/w illustrations from photographs and line drawings + maps. Bound in ? brown bonded leather with cream buckram boards with gilt plate with sheep vignette. Limited to 250 copies this copy unnumbered signed on the title page by Raul Valdez, also presentation inscription to the front-end paper to Malcolm Lyell signed by Valdez. Malcolm Lyell (1922-2011), a hunter, an adventurer and manager of Westley Richards London showrooms he had many connections and friendships with big game hunters of the day. A comprehensive survey of wild sheep for the purposes of hunting and conservation which includes a chapter on hunting by John H. Batten.
[22686] |
£160.00 |
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VAN INGEN and Van Ingen |
The Preservation Of Shikar Trophies
1928.
Weslyan Mission Press.
Mysore.
59 pages, illus, name on upper cover "Bouchardiere Indian Police", first name difficult to read, card covers photo illus of shot leopard with hunters to front cover, the pamphlet details the skinning and preserving of various big game with an emphasis on the tiger. Czech 218. Also includes loose 7 page pamphlet + advert leaf. A few suggestions regarding the treatment of Indian skins in the field contributed by Col H.B.Peacock published by Rowland Ward.
[21248] |
£280.00 |
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VAN INGEN and Van Ingen |
The Preservation Of Shikar Trophies
1928.
Weslyan Mission Press.
Mysore.
59 pages, illus, small chip to base of spine, light dust soiling to the original card covers, photo illus of shot leopard with hunters to front cover. the pamphlet details the skinning and preserving of various big game with an emphasis on the tiger. Czech 218
[20781] |
£240.00 |
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VAN INGEN, VAN INGEN |
The Preservation Of Shikar Trophies
1933.
Van Ingen and Van Ingen, artists in taxidermy.
Mysore.
65 + 2 pages, full page and text b/w illus from photographs, original card covers, title in black with photo insert of hunters and natives surrounding a shot elephant. The booklet details the skinning and preserving of various big game animals with the emphasis on tigers, there are brief notes on Shikar. Czech 218 notes the 1924 edition, in the preface Van Ingen states these notes were originally completed 20 years ago.
[21356] |
£240.00 |
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VAN INGEN, VAN INGEN |
The Preservation Of Shikar Trophies
1970.
reprint.
Van Ingen and Van Ingen, artists in taxidermy.
Mysore.
23 + 2 pages, full page and text b/w illus from photographs, original card covers, title in black with photo insert of dead bison and rifle. The booklet preface dated 1927, title page updated, cover dated 1970 "This brochure is a reprint of our former publication". Same format as the 1957 edition without the date to the title page. The booklet details the skinning and preserving of various big game animals with the emphasis on tigers, there are brief notes on Shikar. Czech 218 notes the 1924 edition, in the preface Van Ingen states these notes were originally completed 20 years ago.
[21353] |
£160.00 |
|
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VENTURINO Mike |
Shooting Buffalo Rifles Of The Old West
2002.
1st Edn.
Livingstone, USA.
MLV Enterprises.
278 pages, + bibliography and list of suppliers, 4to., illus throughout from photographs showing the guns bullets etc, pictorial card covers, fine.
[22846] |
£40.00 |
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WADDELL, L.A. |
AMONG THE HIMALAYAS.
1899.
1sr.
Archibald Constable & Co.
xvi-452 pages, top edge gilt, illustrated throughout with numerous illustrations by A.D. McCormick the author and others, and from photographs and text maps and a large folding colour map of Sikhim and adjoining Countries showing authors routes. Armorial bookplate of L.de Rothschild to front paste down. Bound in the publisher's ice blue cloth with multicolored mountain scene to upper cover with gilt title and gilt vignette of a tribe's man to the spine. Avery clean bright copy. The 1905 second edition was in plain red cloth. Waddell made several expeditions into the Himalayas over a period of 14 years "sketching, shooting, collecting and especially exploring" he. approached Mt. Everest more closely than any other European. The book covers the preparation for the journey, for his Himalayan adventure and climbing expedition.
[23817] |
£680.00 |
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WALLACE Harold Frank |
Stalks Abroad Being Some Account Of The Sport Obtained During A Two Years' Tour Of The World
1908.
1st Edn,.
Longmans and Co.
xi 269 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, nine-full page and eighteen half -page illustrations from drawings by the author and fifty-six photographs. Publishers' green cloth with gilt title and buffalo horn vignette to upper cover, the cloth clean and the gilt bright a very good + copy. An account of sport obtained on a two-year tour of the world including stalking in New Zealand, small game in India and 5 chapters on hunting in East Africa for rhino, buffalo, hippo, onyx etc., Czech Africa 292, Asia 221
[23910] |
£90.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Horn Measurements and Weights of the Great Game of the World
1892.
1st Edn,.
viii 264 pages, 2pp adverts, small 4to, text illus throughout from drawings showing the heads and horns, 6 full page illus from photographs light spotting to inner blank and 1/2 title. Original publisher zebra skin pattern loth with gilt buffalo to upper board. A very good copy of the first in the horn measurement series. A hard to find edition and more so in very good condition
[23047] |
£535.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
A Naturalist Life Study In The Art Of Taxidermy
2002.
reprint Edn,.
Johanesberg.
224 pages, 4to., b/w illus from photographs, drawings etc. publishers brown cloth. gilt insert with title and elephant head to upper board. A facsimile reprint of the 1913 edition, originally printed for private circulation.
[18458] |
£45.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records of Big Game
1922.
8th Edn,.
Rowland Ward (Publication) Ltd.
527 pages, small 4to., b/w illus throughout, some foxing to verso of end paper name H.E.James and P 187 to 1/2 title, page 187 notes James records for Uganda Defassa, a vg copy in the original maroon cloth, with some rubbing to edges.
[16650] |
£160.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records Of Big Game (Africa) First Addendum List
1964.
11th Edn,.
Rowland Ward (Publications) Ltd.
60 pages, 4to., Rowland's Ward stamp to front paste down with ink note for reference use Kentish Town, publishers green cloth, gilt title to upper board.
[16641] |
£35.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records Of Big Game (Africa) Third Addendum List
1968.
11th Edn,.
Rowland Ward (Publications) Ltd.
80 pages, 4to., publishers green cloth, gilt title to upper board.
[16642] |
£35.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records of Big Game African and Asiatic Sections, Giving African and Asiatic Sections, Giving the Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights, and Horn And Tusk Measurements
1935.
10th Edn,.
Rowland Ward Ltd.
xii 408 pages, (6) pages of Rowland Ward advert, illus, lge 8vo, contents clean and tight, publishers brown cloth, gilt title to the upper board, the cloth clean and unfaded, a vg+ copy. The last in the original series.
[21471] |
£180.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records of Big Game With Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights And Horn And Tusk Measurements
1922.
8th Edn,.
Rowland Ward (Publication) Ltd.
527 pages, small 4to., 4 pages of adverts, illus from photographs and drawings throughout, publishers maroon cloth, gilt title to upper board, light rubbing to corners, vg
[22098] |
£160.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records of Big Game With Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights And Horn And Tusk Measurements
1928.
9th Edn,.
Rowland Ward Ltd.
xiii 523 pages, advs, illus, 4to., pencil ownership name "Paul Munster 1929" to front end paper and top blank margin of half title, a vg clean bright copy.
[21468] |
£220.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records of Big Game With Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights And Horn And Tusk Measurements
1928.
9th Edn,.
Rowland Ward Ltd.
xiii 523 pages, advs, illus, 4to., later plain end papers, contents clean, publishers light blue cloth, cloth clean and bright.
[20875] |
£180.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records of Big Game With Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights And Measurements of Horns Antlers, Tusks & Skins
1899.
3rd Edn,.
Rowland Ward and Co., Limited.
xvii 504 pages, 12 pp of Rowland Ward adverts. Small 4to "with about 217 illustrations" from drawings photographs. Light spotting to the title page and frontis tissue card, armorial bookplate of C.T. Anstruther to front paste down. Publishers green cloth with gilt title to upper board and spine the cloth clean and fresh. Includes "A new feature in this edition is the introduction of a short description of the leading characteristics and the exact geographical distribution of each species and race."
[22412] |
£300.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records of Big Game With Their Distribution Characteristics Dimensions Weights and Horn And Tusk Measurements
1910.
6th Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
xiii 531 pages, advs, small 4to., illus throughout, some occasional spotting to contents, rear end paper hinge cracked but still a tight copy in the original simulated zebra skin end papers and covers
[20904] |
£120.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Sportsman's Handbook To Collecting And Preserving And Setting Up Trophies And Specimens
1923.
11th Edn,.
X 74 pages, 13pp advs for Rowland's Ward Products, illus including a folding plate of a tiger skin, + supplement, original mustard yellow cloth, vg, the supplement in some copies was published loose, in this copy it is bound in as issued and shows various heads and horns. The book was published posthumously and edited by J.Burlace, the general manager of Rowland Ward.
[15929] |
£30.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Sportsman's Handbook To Collecting And Preserving And Setting Up Trophies And Specimens
1923.
11th Edn,.
X 74 pages, 13pp advs for Rowland's Ward Products, illus including a folding plate of a tiger skin, + supplement, original mustard yellow cloth, vg, the supplement in some copies was published loose, in this copy it is bound in as issued and shows various heads and horns. The book was published posthumously and edited by J.Burlace, the general manager of Rowland Ward.
[15930] |
£30.00 |
|
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WARD Rowland |
Sportsman's Handbook To Collecting And Preserving And Setting Up Trophies And Specimens
1923.
11th Edn,.
X 74 pages, 13pp advs for Rowland's Ward Products, illus including a folding plate of a tiger skin, + supplement, last blank page has written notes in ink in a legible hand, "tanning" original brown cloth, vg, normally found in the mustard yellow cloth where the supplement was published loose. The book was published posthumously and edited by J.Burlace, the general manager of Rowland Ward.
[1627] |
£30.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Sportsman's Handbook To Collecting And Preserving Trophies & Specimens And Containing Methods Of Measurement And Other Valuable Information Pertaining To Trophy Hunting & Rowland Ward's "Records Of Big Game"
1998.
14th Edn,.
Rowland Ward Publications.
Johannesburg.
245 pages, b/w illus, green simulated leather, gilt title and head vignette to upper board, a fine copy.
[16759] |
£45.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Sportsman's Handbook to Collecting and Preserving Trophies and Specimens
1923.
11th Edn,.
X 74 pages, 13pp adverts for Rowland Ward's products, illus including a folding plate of a tiger skin, original straw coloured cloth also includes loose 16pp supplement to the handbook with 6pp of illus. A vg copy of the last of the handbooks and scarce with the supplement, it was published posthumously and edited by J.Burlace, the general manager of Rowland Ward.
[2777] |
£55.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
The Sportsman's Handbook To Practical Collecting Preserving And Artistic Setting Up Of Trophies And Specimens To Which Is Added A Synoptical Guide To The Hunting Ground Of The World
1880.
1st Edn,.
the author.
VIII, 103 pages, xiipp sporting advs including Rowland Ward, 18pp blank memoranda pages 11 pages filled in with pencil, first page notes "shot with a catapult at Repton School by Oxley Graham" The notes cover 1881 to 1886 and include a fishing trip to Germany, but mostly just a list of birds and animals including 1 roebuck. Graham's ownership signature to front paste down 1881, inner hinge paper cracked, original black paper covered boards, gilt title and vignette of a bird being skinned?, rhino skeleton vignette to rear. Small scuff marks to front board, rubbing to spine edge, 4cm repair to spine edge, vg-. The book went into many editions the 11th being published in 1923.
[3899] |
£420.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
The Sportsman's Handbook To Practical Collecting Preserving, And Artistic Setting Up Of Trophies And Specimens Together With A Guide To The Hunting Grounds Of The world
1894.
7th Edn.
Rowland Ward Ltd.
xii - 202 pages, including Rowland Ward adverts, text illustrations + full page plates, 1 folding of a tiger skin. Small chip repair to the front-end paper some spotting to the title page and first few pages. Original full leather binding, gilt title and rhino head vignette to upper board, antler vignette to rear board, vg.
[23541] |
£75.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
The Sportsmans Handbook To Practical Collecting Preserving, And Artistic Setting Up Of Trophies And Specimens Together With A Guide To The Hunting Grounds Of The world
1906.
9th Edn,.
Rowland Ward Ltd.
XIV 272 pages, text illus + full page plate, 1 folding. Original full leather binding, gilt title and rhino head vignette to upper board, antler vignette to rear board, vg. This edition the general text has been thoroughly revised and brought up to date as have the chapters on hunting fields.
[16760] |
£80.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
The Sportsman's Handbook To Practical Collecting, Preserving, and Artistic Setting-Up of Trophies and Specimens. To which is added A Synoptical Guide Together with a guide to the Hunting Grounds of The World.
1888.
4th edn.
Rowland Ward.
x 160, + 10 blank memorandum pages, illustrated throughout with drawings and diagrams including 4 full page plates and 1 folding plate. Faint damp mark to very outer corner blank margin tip of the last 10 pages. Armorial bookplate of C.T. Anstruther to front paste down. Bound in full leather with two gilt rhino heads on front cover and gilt stag head & horns on rear cover. A very good copy of an early edition in this type of binding which are often found in poor condition.
[22407] |
£100.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Taxidermists To The Sportsmen Of The World
nd Circa 1969.
London and Nairobi.
36 pages, 4to., promotional card covers, booklet showing various b/w photographs of big game trophies in natural settings, heads, horns, skins etc. with accompanying text, pictorial card covers, vg.
[19537] |
£45.00 |
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WARDROP Maj Gen R.E. |
Days And Nights With Indian Big Game
1923.
Macmillan and Co.
viii 212 pages, illustrations from photographs and drawings, blue cloth with gilt vignette to upper board of natives and trophy head, rubbing to head and tail of spine o/w vg. An excellent work with the emphasis on tiger shooting, he also hunts buffalo, bear, elephant, panther etc. Czech 223
[20018] |
£55.00 |
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Weinthal Leo (Compiler) |
The Story Of The Cape To Cairo Railway And River Router, from 1887 to 1992
1923-1926.
The Pioneer Publishing Company Ltd.
4to 4 volumes + map volume, xxxvi 727 + xx 510 + xvi 454 + xii 455 -12 Illus throughout with numerous mounted photographic portraits, halftone plates (many folding) and text illustrations, and folding maps, mostly in colour. The separate map portfolio contains 12 coloured loose folding maps in pocket and the 49 page index. Contents to all volumes clean and tight. Original black half or quarter morroco, green cloth sides, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, Some chipping to bottom of spine volume 1, light rubbing to some tips of corners, includes a letter with edge loss and slip of paper torn from a large document signed by Rhodes with different style of initials brief research Rhodes looks correct but initials look odd (they came loose in the book). A monumental work, the project conceived by Cecil Rhodes but the route to cross unchartered parts of the northern Congo and southern Sudan was not even surveyed by the time of publication, and the scheme was never completed. Weinthal has compiled the work from various sources and contributors; including such as Earl Buxton, Winston Churchill, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Johnston, Flinders Petrire Frederick Selous, J.C. Smuts, Francis Younghusband and many more. There is no shortage of information on the native peoples the tribes, big game nd wildlife, fauna geology, exploration geography, gold and diamond mining etc., Volume 3 contains chapters on big game hunting by such as Selous "big game in Equatorial", "Africa Sport in Southern Sudan", Afred Sharpe "Big Game Shooting On The Great lakes", Col Statham "Big Game In Angola" etc. Czech 296-297 lists only 3 volumes. A major work and rarely found complete and the map volume present
[23921] |
£850.00 |
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WESTON W.Val |
Hints On the Use Of The Saddle Horse And Shot Gun In India
1914.
1st Edn,.
Thacker Spink.
Calcutta.
IV 232 pages, advert leaf, ice blue cloth, title in black, light dust soiling. The first half details horsemanship with a chapter on the author's first experiences at pig sticking, the second half recounts hunting experiences for upland game including a gruesome hunt after a crocodile. Czech 225
[16947] |
£140.00 |
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WHELEN Townsend |
The Ultimate In Rifle Precision, Covering Bench Rest, Target, Varmint And Hunting Rifles, Their Ammunition And Their Use.
1958.
1st Edn.
The Stackpole Company.
Harrisburgh, Pennyslvania, USA.
vii 328 pages, includes adverts, b/w illus from photographs and drawings, small mark on FEP, publishers tan cloth, vg.
[19529] |
£20.00 |
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WIELAND Terry |
Spiral-Horn Dreams
1995.
Trophy Room Books.
Agoura, USA.
xviii 344, large 8vo illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs drawings and maps. A fine copy in DJ limited to 1000 copies signed and numbered by Terry Wieland. Wieland describes various species of spiral horned African antelopes, and there hunting. Czech 301
[22243] |
£95.00 |
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WILLIAMSON Captain Thomas, HOWITT, ATKINSON, CLARK, MANSKIRCH et al |
Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes &c. &c. With a Supplement of New South Wales, Containing One Hundred and Ten Plates. From drawings by Messrs. Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, Manskirch, &c.
1814-1813.
1st edn.
Edward Orme, printseller to his Majesty.
Unpaginated 4to. 110 hand-coloured plates. Each plate accompanied by explanatory text. 100 plates to the first part, second title page for the New South Wales section with 10 coloured plates, all edges gilt. Armorial bookplate to the front paste down of Mr Robt Maxwell, some light spotting to blank end papers. Bound in contemporary full straight-grained dark green Morocco binding, gilt tooled and blind stamped frames to the boards. The spine with raised bands gilt ornate tooling to 4 compartments and gilt title. Some light surface rubbing to the edges. The work depicts all manner of hunting sports and trapping, including big game hunting, whaling, fishing, birding, hunting in North America, Germany, Lapland, Spain, Russia, India, Asia and Africa, bull fighting in Spain. The New South Wales supplement with the illustrations of the 'Field sports depicting hunting and customs of the Indigenous Peoples. "The colour plates in this work, especially those drawn by Howitt, are both fine as regards draughtsmanship and production" Schwerdt 1, 177-179.Abbey Travel 2
[23809] |
£2000.00 |
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WILSON Captain H.A. |
A British Borderland Service And Sport In Equatoria
1913.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
XXI 347 pages, 16 plates + folding map, TEG, dark red cloth with gilt title and vignette to upper board, this is the better of the 2 bindings. the green cloth did not have the gilt title and vignette to upper cloth nor the TEG, a vg clean copy. Wilson was an officer in the Kings African rifles, mixed military activities and sport, hunting elephant, buffalo, lion, antelope etc. Czech 304
[20292] |
£150.00 |
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WILSON Captain H.A. |
A British Borderland Service And Sport In Equatoria
1913.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
XXI 347 pages, 16 plates + folding map, green cloth with title and vignette in black to upper board, spine evenly faded. Wilson was an officer in the Kings African rifles, mixed military activities and sport, hunting elephant, buffalo, lion, antelope etc. Czech 304
[13602] |
£100.00 |
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WINDHAM W H |
Notes In North Africa Being A Guide To The Sportsman And Tourists In Algeria And Tunisia
1862.
new edition with coloured plates.
vi 103 pages, AEG, colour frontis + 3 other coloured plates, publishers red blind stamp cloth with gilt title within floral frame to upper board, gilt decorated spine, a vg clean copy. The sport includes wild boar, shooting hyenas, wild duck etc, notes for the sportsman. the second edition is much revised and contains the colour plates not found in the first.
[21246] |
£450.00 |
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WITTER Dean |
Shikar
1961.
San Francisco, USA.
65 pages, 4to., illus with photographs in colour, original cloth, some light rubbing, small chip to cloth at edge of spine, vg-, tiger hunting in India.
[8283] |
£38.00 |
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WITTER Dean |
Solo Safari
nd circa 1948.
52 pages, 4to. Illus, front hinge cracked, original cloth backed green card boards, vg-. An account of the author's safari to Kenya.
[1286] |
£75.00 |
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WOLVERTON Lord |
Five Months' Sport In Somali Land
1894.
1st Edn,.
Chapman Hall Ltd.
108 pages, illus from photographs by Colonel Paget, some foxing to large folding map, spotting to blank end papers, with ownership name to front paste down "G.D.Chapman - 97", Rowland Ward sticker to corner, very occasional pencil underlining and margin notes to text. Original tan cloth, gilt title and lion vignette to upper board, professional neat repair to base of spine. Wolverton also hunted oryx, kudu, gazelle and crocodile, wolf and lion. Czech 307
[21366] |
£200.00 |
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WOODYATT Major General Nigel |
My Sporting Memories Forty Years With Note Book And Gun
1923.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
x 320 pages, illustrated in b/w from photographs, some spotting to the contents. Publishers green cloth titled in black, very good. hunting in India and Nepal, nearly a third of the book is devoted to tiger hunting. Czech 232
[23407] |
£60.00 |
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WORTHINGTON S.and E.B. |
Inland Waters Of Africa, The Result Of Two Expeditions To The Great Lakes Of Kenya And Uganda, With Accounts Of Their Biology, Native Tribes And Development
1933.
1st Edn,.
Macmillan.
XIX 259 pages, frontis illus of a "monster nile perch" + 39 b/w plates from photographs, large folding map, publishers brown cloth, vg. Includes chapters on fish, flesh and fowl, primitive fishermen, farming the waters, angling for trout etc.,
[16072] |
£55.00 |
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